That would entirely depend on how wide and deep the notch was (e.g. if it was deeper than the bezel currently is). The fact remains that even with the notch, the X has a lower screen to body ratio than the Galaxy phones without the notch
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That would entirely depend on how wide and deep the notch was (e.g. if it was deeper than the bezel currently is). The fact remains that even with the notch, the X has a lower screen to body ratio than the Galaxy phones without the notch
I'm sure Samsung wishes that their phones were as popular with actual buyers as they are with people who praise the phones on the internet.
I'm surprised Samsung keeps promoting the screen's curved edges - in real world use, the curved edge creates some really bad and distracting reflections. What purpose or benefit does having the screen wrap down and away from the viewer provide? I get the benefit of minimal bezels, but overshooting the edge just because you can makes no sense. I assume it's done simply for marketing differentiation.
It's an example of the difference between Apple and Samsung. Samsung clearly created a novel product in their bendable screens, but they adopted them just because they could, not because it provides a benefit to the consumer.
It's an example of the difference between Apple and Samsung. Samsung clearly created a novel product in their bendable screens, but they adopted them just because they could, not because it provides a benefit to the consumer.
So? What's your point? All I'm saying is that the notch gives you more display. Never said anything about screen to body ratio
The screen is really the only significant differentiation that Samsung has ever had. Bigger sizes or OLED or curved...now they've run out of ideas to make the screen different and appear to be floundering.
I would bet that the headphone jack will disappear from the soon to be released update to the S9. Apple and other manufacturers were correct that it's one of those legacy technologies whose time is up.
"World's most popular headphone jack" LOL. This is brilliant. Who was the marketing wiz who came up with this? I'm sure this has already been mentioned in the 20+ pages of comments, but I didn't care enough to read all of them. Please tell me they understood that comment had to be made ironically.
Those numbers are misleading because they take the frame dimensions and calculate the screen ratio, the frame shape when it rolls off the screen should not be considered as the screen. The frame dimension should not be included in the calculus, it should be calculated only based on the screen area before the frame rolls off, the screen to body ratios then will be different.
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Totally agree. Because of the notch I switched to an Android device with large 6" screen and very slim bezels, it looks awesome. It has a smaller physical size than the 8+, but 0,5" larger screen. Also the hardware and camera is amazing. However i just cant get used to the software, Android works fine, but theres a lot of bloatware on it, and I am in doubt what solution to use for backup etc., theres one from the phone vendor, and one from google. went with google for now. In iOS theres one backup solution, one way to do this, that, and it just works, and youre not in doubt that it works or what to use. Also on Android there has been one software update since i got it, and my company phone which is an iPhone, had 3-4 software updates in the same timeframe. Also stuff like spectre and meltdown has not been patched on the Android phone, but it has been long patched on the iPhone.
I really hate the notch design, but i will have to switch back to iPhone in september, as I just cant get used to Android. -And no i cant go with a 8+ as it looks laughable with the gigantic bezels.
However the new Android phone has amazing HW, but it feels very different to iOS, and even though the hardware is amazing, it just feels strange. Hard to explain i guess. But i will have to go with the notch in september. I think it will be easier to get used to the notch than get used to Android.
How's that? I work in ships construction and I have to take off my gloves (to swipe up) and my dust mask to unlock.
Quite a step backwards the face id for now..
And Android fans claiming Android is truly open, that is funny.
One of the examples showing how Android is not truly open.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...ntrolling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
It would be 98% if the lower bezel was as small as the one of the side. Besides the pop up selfie camera is a single point of failure and the ultrasound used for under screen fingerprint scanner is unreliable. I know, it's a concept but I don't think it'll go anywhere, and I certainly don't expect Apple to go down that road.
.2 seconds stretched to 6 seconds. Requires a silly amount of memory and camera architecture even for this:-
"The chip is also behind the remarkable ability of the camera to record speeds of 960 frames a second – dwarfing the rival slow-motion capabilities of Sony and Apple.
Samsung demonstrated this live by having someone pour water into a glass, then playing it back showing a 0.2-second clip stretched to six seconds."
Here is the thing from what I know so far about apple..they wont always be first but they try to be the best....speaking of ar emojis they arent that goodlooking..in terms of quality of animation and texture of the emojis..so basically its a haphazard..lets get this out quick kinda reaction from samsung
While everyone is going back and forth on who copied who and which phone is trash, I'm mostly curious about the variable aperture. Sounds like a really cool feature that has a lot of potential.
Samsung is throwing down the gaunlet. As a long time Apple user, i applaud and welcome the competition. It only serves us all better. Looking forward to Apple's response this September.
You have to think of notch as a design where form follows function and not the other way around. Questioning the notch is is like questioning the wheels on a car, and saying that car would look so much better without the wheels. Or another analogy is the grill or air dam on a car, some might think that it looks ugly too but performs a function. For me the greater beauty of the design is in the 'form following function'.
Another example is that every surface on a plane is not present for aesthetics but for function, and that to me is a really beautiful design. You can find many examples in biology too.
I can only imagine what would happen if the FaceID was on the back of the phone just to get rid of the notch, just like some Android phones have fingerprint sensor in the back. That would be a bad ergonomic choice to serve a distorted assumption about the notch.
With hardware, it's the little things like phone jacks and SD card slots that can make a difference. Wired headphones/speakers work great with the phone jack and SD cards allow for easy information flow between phone, PC, and cameras (like GoPros), and I don't see putting up with a plethora of dongles and lack of storage options as the gateway to a brave future which isn't here yet.
Such a vast difference. Funny how when you put the X beside any of the Galaxy phones they look like they might as well be from 2012.
Perhaps one of the reasons (besides price, no headphone jack, no SD slot) they don't own one?